After a long while, Yun Luo said angrily: "Then we can unite the Confucianists and the Kong family and start a battle for the holy way!"
Wu Jiu looked at Yun Luo with pity and said, "If it were five years ago, no, even three years ago, the Li Palace would have won if it started the Saint Path Struggle. But now, if the Li Palace starts the Saint Path Struggle, then the Legalist Criminal Palace, the Military War Palace, the Medical Palace, the Craftsman Mohist Crafts Palace, the Farmers Farms Palace, and so on, will be like a group of hyenas, following the lion Fang Sheng and completely devouring the Li Palace, leaving nothing behind!"
The elders present felt cold all over.
What Wu Jiu said was absolutely right. The situation of the human race is completely different now. I dare not say anything else, but the Legalist Criminal Hall has always been eyeing the Confucian Ritual Hall. If Fang Yun only gives a glance, all the Legalist scholars will pounce on them like hounds and bite them.
Until he died in the hall!
Wu Jiu continued, "If we lose the battle with Fang Sheng's Saint Way, we will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history and be infamous for eternity. If we win and Fang Sheng's Saint Way collapses, then that's great. We don't have to worry about the pillar of shame, because humans were exterminated by the monsters before they built the pillar of shame for us!"
Wu Jiu's words made Yun Luo and many other elders sweat on their foreheads.
They were totally unable to refute it.
Each of them seemed to be awakened by a bucket of ice water. Their minds regained their composure, and they discarded all emotions and thought with normal thoughts.
In the end, they came to the same conclusion as Wu Jiu.
Once a full-scale war breaks out with Fang Yun, either we will fail or the human race will fail.
Wu Jiu continued, "In recent years, the human race has experienced unprecedented changes, and if we think about it carefully, almost all of these changes are related to Fang Sheng..."
"The biggest change is Wenquxing. What is his relationship with Fangsheng?"
What was weird was that Yun Luo was clearly questioning, but after he finished speaking, he actually looked a little anxious, as if he had said something deceiving himself.
Wu Jiu was silent for a long time, and then said, "Ever since Confucius killed the saints of the water tribe, who doesn't know the rumors about the saints' families?"
"What rumor?" Jiang Hechuan asked puzzledly, and then he found that many great scholars also showed curiosity.
Yun Luo immediately said, "That's just a rumor! Don't take it seriously."
"I wonder if Brother Wu Jiu can explain the rumor in detail!" Jiang Hechuan couldn't help but say.
Wu Jiu said: "You should know that when Saint Fang made a bet with the demon world, he got a tributary of the ancient galaxy."
The great scholars nodded.
"This thing has the ability to travel through time and space."
The elders all looked shocked.
"Before Dragon City was opened, Mr. Jinglong had the East Sea Dragon Clan bring this item to Dragon City. This matter is clearly recorded in the Holy Academy. I... heard it with my own ears."
The ministers knew that Wu Jiu was not qualified to look into such matters, but they went to find the relevant people to verify it themselves and found out the truth.
Wu Jiu looked at everyone deeply and said, "The rumor among the Saints' families is that Saint Fang used time and space to travel to the future! He saw the future! That's why he acted so radically, because he couldn't tell us, he could only solve all the disasters that would affect the future! Qing Jun was a disaster, rituals and music were a disaster, worshipping the ancient and conservative was a disaster, and even... a certain semi-saint could be a disaster!"
The great scholar who had never heard of this statement was shocked. He did not expect such a thing to happen.
"I don't believe it!" Yun Luo said firmly.
"Then what do you believe in?" Wu Jiu asked.
Yun Luo's eyes swept over everyone and he said slowly, "I believe that what our ancestors said was right, what Confucius said was right, and that in ancient times people did not pick up things on the road and did not lock their doors at night! I believe that what I have learned is right, my mind is right, and my eyes are right! I am not against innovation, but I am against the total denial of Confucius! I am against the total denial of Confucianism! If Confucianism loses its benevolent government and rituals and music, is it still Confucianism? It is not Confucianism!"
All the ministers were silent and had nothing to say.
Jiang Hechuan suddenly sighed and said, "I didn't want to express my opinion. However, I have discussed this issue with Fang Sheng."
"What did he say at that time?" Yun Luo asked.
Jiang Hechuan showed admiration on his face and said, "He said that a ship owner on the Yangtze River had a ship. Every once in a while, the owner would replace the rotten board with a new one. When he replaced the first board, was this ship the same as the original one?"
No one responded. The question seemed obvious, of course it was.
“He continued to ask me, if this boat is the original one after half of it has been replaced?”
The great scholars were stunned for a moment. This seemed difficult to judge.
"He asked me again, if there is only one plank left on the ship, is it the original ship?"
This time, everyone fell into deep thought.
"He finally asked me, when the last old plank was replaced, was this the original boat?"
No great scholar answered.
Wu Jiu asked: "How did you answer at that time?"
Jiang Hechuan smiled and said, "I always keep my word, so I'll say this in the end: if the last plank is replaced, it will no longer be the original boat."
Several great scholars nodded.
"What did Fang Sheng say later?" Yun Luo asked.
Jiang Hechuan pointed in the direction of Liangjie Mountain and said, "Fang Sheng asked me which rock on the wall of Liangjie Mountain has not been replaced. Is that Liangjie Mountain?"
Everyone in the hall was stunned.
"Fang Sheng asked me again, thousands of years later, there is a person who is completely different from me from beginning to end, but how can I be sure whether he is my descendant?"
The ceremony hall was silent.
After a long time, Yun Luo's mouth moved slowly and he opened it with great difficulty, as if his lips were sewn shut.
"What did Fang Sheng say in the end?"
"Fang Sheng said, if the boat can still carry the owner to go fishing, can still feed and clothe the family, and can still carry the family's hopes to ride the wind and waves, then the boat is still the same boat."
"Fang Sheng said that if Liangjie Mountain collapsed, or even only ruins remained, as long as someone stood on it one day and said, 'We humans once fought against the monsters here! We shed our blood here! We shouted, screamed, cried, and got angry here!' Even if only one person said it, Liangjie Mountain would still be Liangjie Mountain!"
"Fang Sheng said that the person thousands of years from now may be in a distant star, and his accent may have completely changed, but when he speaks, you will feel familiar; that person may wear strange clothes, but when he writes, those words will make your heart beat faster; that person may not know what ritual music is, but when he greets you politely, you will feel comfortable; that person may not understand what monarch-monarch, minister-minister, father-father, son-son is, but when he speaks, you will feel respected; maybe he doesn't know what Confucianism is, but when he says he wants to be a good person, you can see the sincerity in his eyes; even..."